My buddy Skye from the blogs Midnight Blue<\/a> and Flopping Aces<\/a> has been pestering me to come up to West Chester, Pennsylvania to cover her pet project, the Victory Group that counters the Chester County Peace Vigil, so I finally relented (I hate driving back into DC after the peace and tranquility of Real America) and I wasn’t disappointed. I’m sure most of you remember that Skye was the blogger attacked by a member of the “Peace” vigil last month, but that hasn’t stopped her from being there every Saturday.<\/p>\n

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So when Thus Spake Ortner<\/a> and I met up there, we estimated there were probably 200 bitter, patriotic Pennsylvanians clinging to their flag, their guns and their faith facing about forty enlightened beings ready to surrender their safety and well-being for the sake of world peace. Guess which group is which of these two pictures;<\/p>\n

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All of the old hippies were out with their tired bumpersticker politics;<\/p>\n

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It’s no surprise that the peace movement in West Chester would hijack the image of West Chester’s favorite son, Smedley Butler, and quote from his writings in a socialist magazine;<\/p>\n

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And more timely slogans;<\/p>\n

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Of course, you can’t put a whole Supreme Court decision on a sign or in few enough words that a Leftist could pay attention all the way through – it’s just easier to call the whole thing illegal.<\/p>\n

Apparently the pro-Victory side are uberpatriots;<\/p>\n

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I wonder to what lie she’s referring. Maybe the lie that the Left is patriotic and supports the troops. What the Tibetan flag had to do our Flag Day, I’ll never know.<\/p>\n

But luckily there was a bunch of people on the spot to raise my spirits again;<\/p>\n

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Did I mention they had bagpipes?<\/p>\n

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I think TSO almost wet himself.<\/p>\n

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After the good guys sang the Star-Spangled Banner and recited the Pledge of Allegiance, the hippies figured their job was done and streamed off down the street pathetically chanting “Out of Iraq Now” in those weak little voices they have. In the meantime, we were treated to good food and beer at the Knights of Columbus Lodge up the street. There was speechifying, prayers and more bagpipes. And more Skye;<\/p>\n

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I had a great time – usually I have to wait to see good Americans when they come to DC…but this time venturing out into the hinterlands paid off for me – I felt privileged to be surrounded by such dedicated and proud hardworking Americans.<\/p>\n

I threw together this video of parts of the event, so across America you can get the sense of how the bitter folks of West Chester, PA stand up to the malignant “peace” movement;<\/p>\n

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I hope everyone understands that when I say “bitter”, I kid.<\/p>\n

And just so you know, when I got back to DC, I was stuck 6 miles from home in an hour-long traffic jam. Yay!<\/p>\n

UPDATE: TSO remembers the event<\/a> a bit differently than I remember.<\/p>\n

Skye’s report is at Flopping Aces<\/a> and Midnight Blue<\/a>. From her group shot, I found TSO and me – well, the top of our heads, anyway. My head is the one that’s not reflecting sunlight.
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